Mortar-hod



(No Model.)

R. LAW.

v MOBTAB. H01). No. 333,527. I Patented Jan. 5, 1,886.v

UNrrEn Sn'rnsl PATENT ROBERT LAW, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.-

. MORTAR-HOD.

SZECEFICATIUN forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,527, dated January 5, 1886.

Application filed June 2G, 18:5,

T0 all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ROBERT LAW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas andfState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Mortar-Hod, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hods which are more especially used for mortar-carrying; and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide a substantial tray which in form shall be best adapted to holding the material which it is intended to carry and to discharging the same; second, the poise of the hod upon the shoulder of the carrier. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying` drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my iinproved hod. This is shown with the handle broken out in the Vcenter to gain room on the sheet. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line A, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan showing'the form of the tray as it appears when viewed from a point above the top. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view ofa portion of the handle. Fig. 5 is anl end sectional view on line M, Fig. 6, of a form of metallic shoulder-pad which may be substituted for the one shown at B, Fig. l. Fig. 6 is a side section of the pad which is shown in Fig. 5, taken on line N, Fig. 5.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The tray O is preferably made of metal, and is formed of one piece which is either hammered and bent into form or struck up in dies in a well-known manner. Prepared paper and some other substances of similar nature, on account of theirlightness and rigidity, have been found valuable for this use.

By viewing Fig. lit will be seen that the front and rear under or lower boundary-lines of the tray G are oblique to the line A. The object of this is to concentrate the load of the tray C within a shorter space between D and E than has hitherto been accomplished, and by so doing the danger of spilling over77 is very largely prevented. This form also facilitates the discharging of the hods contents in an easy manner, and is better for this purpose than any other known form, as it holds its contents until the tray approaches very near the receiving-receptacle. The boundary-lines Serial No. 169,808. (No model.)

of the top of the tray, contrary to its appearance in perspective in Fig. l, lie very nearly in a horizontal plane, and by viewing Fig. 3 in connection with Fig. l it will be seen that the said tray C is contracted at the front end,

D, and enlarged at the rear end, E, and that it is again contracted at its lower extremity, F. It is intended by the proportions which these lines give, which are best shown in Figs. 2 and 3, that the load of the tray will be disposed in an easy and comfortable position upon the shoulder of the carrier; and it is further intended by the contraction ofthe under part from F to D to accomplish a free and concentrated delivery of the trays contents and prevent its too rapid discharge. The handle Gv is preferably made of wood, and both of its ends H and I are of a suitable form and size to enter the holding-socket J. The end H of the said haiidleGis turned round and has the same axial li'ne as the general mass of the handle; but the end I, Figs. l and t, is also turned round,and is adapted'to enter the socket J the same as the end H, but this end I differs from the end H in having its axial line set at an oblique angle to the line of the mass of the handle, as shown by the dotted lines K L in Fig. 4. By turning this end I of the handle -in its socket .I the carrier may at pleasure alter and adjust the poise of the hod upon his shoulder to snit his fancy. I know of no other instance where such a socket J is used in connection with a hod.

The shoulder-pad shown at B may or may not be cushioned. In this instance I have illustrated it in Fig. 2 as being made of a similar thin material as that of which the tray is made, and when made of a non-yielding com pact material and of proper form it is believed j one or both of its ends adapted in fornrto enter the holding-socket J, the tray D, having one or both of its sides D E set at au obtuse angle to the axial line A of the handle, substantially as sho\vn,and for the purpose set 2. In combination with the tray D, the handle G, when constructed with either of its ends I at a different angle from the general mass of the handle, substantially as shown,and for the purpose set forth.

3. In combination with the handle G, having one or bot-h of its ends adapted in form to enter the socket J, and tray D, havin its side D or E, or both, set at an obtuseVv ang e or angles to the axial line of the mass of the handle G, the metallic pad B, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In combination with tray D and handle G, the socket J, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

R. LAW.

\Vitnesses:

J. T. GREER, En. C. LAW. 

